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I've just tried to sign up at Coinbase - they require my Full name. Really? What's the point of cryptocurrency if you enter your email + full name?
by kovrik 12y ago
I've just tried to sign up at Coinbase - they require my Full name. Really?
What's the point of cryptocurrency if you enter your email + full name?
- dmix 12y agoThey also openly do Javascript font probing to fingerprint your browser, circumventing privacy tools like VPNs. Coinbase is not at all known for caring about privacy or pseudonymity. They've become somewhat of a counterpoint to how BTC started out ideologically. They are building a mainstream, government regulation friendly business.
- peteretep 12y agoIronically, the point of a cryptocurrency is that you don't need to rely on a provider who is asking you for information you don't want to give.